Word: nakedness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some of the settings are indeed pretty, like the opening tableau of Das Rheingold, in which three nude Rhinemaidens swim in a pool of water, reflected vertically by means of mirrors so that it appears they are frolicking in a deep river. But there are inexplicable departures from the prevailing...
A playgoer attending the Delacorte Theater in Central Park for Joseph Papp's first summer offering will soon perceive that Kevin Kline does not fit that description. It is not a question of some malformation of body à la Elephant Man, it is a question of a cancerously aberrant...
With her pouty face and magnificently sleek body, Isabelle Adjani looks like a Barbie doll grown up and gone bad. At 28, she has become the divine masochist of the French cinema, playing Truffaut's Adele H., or a woman who gives birth to a monster in Possession. This...
But more often, this closeness becomes an oppressive theme throughout the film. The insularity of Artifat breeds superstition and a near-total reliance on the Church, as represented in the person of the town curate. This messenger of God offers assorted services, such as whipping the naked Martin and Bertrande...
That directness has made Torch Song a commercial success when the anticipated failure of other plays with gay themes has sent Broadway producers fleeing. Homosexuals have long been a vital part of the theater, of course-Cole Porter, Noel Coward and Tennessee Williams come immediately to mind-and it can...